Dear brothers and sisters,
Our world today is having many conflicts. There are at least 10 major conflicts.
1. Gaza
2. Wider Middle East War
3. Sudan
4. Ukraine
5. Myanmar
6. Ethiopia
7. The Sahel
8. Haiti
9. Armenia-Azerbaijan
10. U.S.-China Continue reading Heal the world – Chữa lành thế giới
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We all want to keep the peace for ourselves and for the world. But how to keep the peace?
Talking about peace means talking about two or more persons. How can you keep the peace if others harass you, abuse you, harm you, do wrong to you? We have the so-call self defense to fight back – and it means war. Peace usually requires all people involved to agree to keep the peace; if one doesn’t agree, chances are there would be no peace.
Because the difficulties in keeping the peace our Great Master teach us to be tolerance (nhẫn nhục).
Tolerance means forcing yourself to endure and tolerate hardship from others without complaining or fighting back.
Tolerance is one of six virtues of Bodhisattvas in Buddhism: Giving, Keeping the rules, Tolerance, Diligence, Meditation, Wisdom – Bố thí, Trì giới, Nhẫn nhục, Tinh tấn, Thiền định, Trí tuệ).
Jesus expresses tolerance in a very simple and easy-to-understand way: “If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.”
That famous sentence, called “turning the other cheek,” is in a longer paragraph:
You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matthew 5:38-39)
Why tolerate?
Because it is the only way to keep the peace for your self and for the world.
With compassion,
Hoành
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Chào các bạn,
“Dò sông dò biển dễ dò, mấy ai lấy thước mà đo lòng người.” Thế nên, nhiều người rất sợ người – sợ người dữ dằn, sợ người độc địa, sợ người lừa dối sau lưng, và có lẽ nỗi sợ hơn cả là sợ người thay lòng đổi dạ. Biết bao sách vở và khóa học dạy cách nhìn người và chọn người sao cho đúng. Ai nấy đều ước ao gặp được người tử tế và đối xử tử tế với mình. Nhưng thường thì, có vẻ ước mơ mãi là ước mơ.
Một thế giới như vậy thật là đau khổ.
Vậy, làm sao để tránh đau khổ đó? Làm sao để không sợ người? Continue reading Sợ người
Dear brothers and sisters,
I live in a high-rise apartment complex. Today I got into the elevator on the 1st floor and saw 3 little girls and 1 young woman from the basement. All of them I have never met before.
The elevator is 2 meters long, but they stood very close to the door and the floor number board, so it was a bit cramped. After pressing my floor number, I noticed the youngest girl, about 3. She was wearing a short, flowing dress like a princess, so I said, “Wow, you look so beautiful in a princess dress.” The girl looked at me with her wide eyes and said nothing. Her hands grabbed the iron bar surrounding the elevator, then she swung up and down. I glanced at the woman on my right. She was bowing her head and did something with her phone. Continue reading A few seconds in the elevator
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